Hexabyte
vs
Oracle Cloud
What's good about each
- Affordable VPS instances with customizable specs
- S3-compatible object storage with no egress or API fees
- Offers dedicated servers
- EU-based with GDPR-friendly data storage
- 10 TB of free egress each month
- Same compute and storage prices in every region
- Flexible shapes with CPU and memory sized separately
- Oracle Database inside AWS, Azure and Google Cloud
- Always Free tier with Arm VMs and databases
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Hexabyte | Oracle Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $4.37 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 20 GB NVMe | $3.33 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex, 12.5% burstable) | 24% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
| Medium VM | $11.03 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 80 GB NVMe | $44.64 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex) | 75% cheaper on Hexabyte |
| Large VM | $19.91 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 160 GB NVMe | $89.28 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex) | 78% cheaper on Hexabyte |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $4.25 /mo 100 GB (Balanced) | |
| Object storage | $6.78 /mo 1 TB (no egress or API fees) | $26.49 /mo 1 TB | 74% cheaper on Hexabyte |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $119.65 /mo 2 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (PostgreSQL.VM.Standard.E5.Flex) | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $27.94 /mo 2 GB RAM (OCI Cache, Valkey) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | Free Network Load Balancer | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $31.57 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | |
| Egress allowance | 20 TB / mo per instance | 10 TB / mo | |
| Egress | $1.13 /TB per TB | $8.50 /TB $0.0085 / GB (North America, Europe) | 87% cheaper on Hexabyte |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
GPUs
Hexabyte offers 1 GPU model, while Oracle Cloud offers 15. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Hexabyte | Oracle Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
L4
4 configs
|
$0.41 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hexabyte only |
|
H100
1 config
|
-- | $10.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | Oracle Cloud only |
|
B300
1 config
|
-- | $15.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | Oracle Cloud only |
|
B200
1 config
|
-- | $14.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | Oracle Cloud only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config
|
-- | $4.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | Oracle Cloud only |
|
H200
1 config
|
-- | $10.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | Oracle Cloud only |
|
A100
2 configs
|
-- | $3.05 /GPU/hr On-demand | Oracle Cloud only |
|
GB200
1 config
|
-- | $16.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | Oracle Cloud only |
MI355X
1 config
|
-- | $8.60 /GPU/hr On-demand | Oracle Cloud only |
|
MI300X
1 config
|
-- | $6.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | Oracle Cloud only |
Hexabyte bills on-demand; Oracle Cloud bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Hexabyte | Oracle Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | -- | Yes |
| ISO 27001 | -- | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | Yes |
| GDPR | -- | Yes |
| PCI DSS | -- | Yes |
| FedRAMP | -- | High, US Government Cloud |
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | Hexabyte | Oracle Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2016 | 2016 |
| Headquarters | Sweden | USA |
| Locations | 1 | 45 |
| Example customers | Molnett, Region Västerbotten, Umeå Kommunföretag, Enduce | Bosch, Uber, Marriott, Telefónica Colombia |
| Website | hexabyte.se | www.oracle.com |
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Our data for Hexabyte was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Oracle Cloud on Oct. 1, 2026.